Re: [PATCH 1/3] [media] au0828-video: Use kcalloc() in au0828_init_isoc()

[Andrey Utkin]

On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 10:11:15PM -0200, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> Em Mon, 24 Oct 2016 23:28:44 +0100
> Andrey Utkin <andrey_utkin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> escreveu:
> 
> > On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 10:59:24PM +0200, SF Markus Elfring wrote:
> > > From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 22:08:47 +0200
> > > 
> > > * Multiplications for the size determination of memory allocations
> > >   indicated that array data structures should be processed.
> > >   Thus use the corresponding function "kcalloc".
> > > 
> > >   This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
> > > 
> > > * Replace the specification of data types by pointer dereferences
> > >   to make the corresponding size determination a bit safer according to
> > >   the Linux coding style convention.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >  drivers/media/usb/au0828/au0828-video.c | 11 +++++++----
> > >  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/au0828/au0828-video.c b/drivers/media/usb/au0828/au0828-video.c
> > > index 85dd9a8..85b13c1 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/media/usb/au0828/au0828-video.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/media/usb/au0828/au0828-video.c
> > > @@ -221,15 +221,18 @@ static int au0828_init_isoc(struct au0828_dev *dev, int max_packets,
> > >  
> > >  	dev->isoc_ctl.isoc_copy = isoc_copy;
> > >  	dev->isoc_ctl.num_bufs = num_bufs;
> > > -  
> > 
> > > -	dev->isoc_ctl.urb = kzalloc(sizeof(void *)*num_bufs,  GFP_KERNEL);
> > > +	dev->isoc_ctl.urb = kcalloc(num_bufs,
> > > +				    sizeof(*dev->isoc_ctl.urb),
> > > +				    GFP_KERNEL);  
> > 
> > What about this (for both hunks)?
> > 
> > -	dev->isoc_ctl.urb = kzalloc(sizeof(void *)*num_bufs,  GFP_KERNEL);
> > +	dev->isoc_ctl.urb =
> > +		kcalloc(num_bufs, sizeof(*dev->isoc_ctl.urb), GFP_KERNEL);

Now i see that also this should suit style better than original variant:

	dev->isoc_ctl.urb = kcalloc(num_bufs, sizeof(*dev->isoc_ctl.urb),
				    GFP_KERNEL);

That's what vim with github.com/vivien/vim-linux-coding-style plugin
proposes.

> That's worse :)

I was about to send long emotional noobish bikeshedding rant arguing
with this point, but restrained from that keeping in mind that I want to
proceed contributing to the codebase successfully :) I'll keep my coding
style preferences for myself for a while.